Grangemouth


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Grangemouth

(ˈɡreɪndʒmaʊθ; -məθ)
n
(Placename) a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
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The company will provide a range of maintenance services at Grangemouth and for the Forties Pipeline System at Kinneil, under deals initially running until early 2021.
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The History of Grangemouth starts in the mid 19th Century, when in 1850, Glasgow scientist Dr James "Paraffin" Young took out a patent for 'treating bituminous coals to obtain paraffine therefrom'.
It will spend PS350million to replace a 40-year-old power station with a steam and power plant at its oil refinery at Grangemouth, and invest PS150million in a new petrochemical plant in Hull.
Back-to-back defeats to Glasgow and Grangemouth put the buffers on the side's promotion push, before a win over Midlothian thrust them back into contention.
Stirling bowlers got off to a winning start with victories over Grangemouth and Livilands in their opening matches.
A PETROCHEMICAL plant in Grangemouth was partially evacuated after a gas leak prompted a major emergency response.
All of this makes the attitude that our SNP Government is taking to developments at the Grangemouth refinery even more puzzling.
Ineos Chairman Jim Ratcliffe, one of Britain's richest men, argues that as the North Sea is unable to keep supplying the base ingredients to make chemicals at the Grangemouth refinery, west of Edinburgh, shale gas will be an important future energy resource.
INEOS' Olefins and Polymers business in the UK has announced it is to invest [pounds sterling]20million in a new, state-of-the art headquarters at its Grangemouth site.